@OpenAI: Let’s talk about evals. We’re always looking for better ways to measure and forecast model progress, especially as benc…
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OpenAI discusses the importance of evals (evaluations) for measuring and forecasting model progress, especially as benchmarks become saturated or gamed, featuring insights from Tejal Patwardhan and Andrew Mayne.
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Let’s talk about evals.
We’re always looking for better ways to measure and forecast model progress, especially as benchmarks get saturated or gamed.
@tejalpatwardhan, who leads our frontier evals team, spoke to @andrewmayne about why evals matter and what models need to be https://t.co/Q3oRCuNxYB
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